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The press vs. Scientology

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Title: The press vs. Scientology
Date: Thursday, 30 June 2005
Publisher: Salon
Author: Joe Strupp
Main source: dir.salon.com
Tags: Alice Chasan • BeliefNet.com • Benjamin Svetkey • Boston Herald • Buffalo News • Cult Awareness Network (CAN) (earlier form, Citizen's Freedom Foundation) • Ed Parkin • Elli Perkins • Entertainment Weekly • Fair game • Fraud, lie, deceit, misrepresentation • Internal Revenue Service (IRS) • J. Gordon Melton • Jeremy Perkins • Joe Strupp • Joel Sappell • Lawrence "Larry" Wollersheim • Lawsuit • Los Angeles Times (California) • Mark Sommer • Nanette Asimov • Private investigator(s) • Richard Behar • Salon • San Francisco Chronicle (California) • Scientology: The Thriving Cult of Greed and Power (article) • St. Petersburg Times (Florida) • Stephen A. Kent • US Weekly • USA Today

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After years of conflict, the church and the media seem to have reached a truce. Is it because Scientology has become less confrontational — or because the press is scared? For anyone interested in the Church of Scientology, the May 6, 1991, issue of Time magazine remains a milestone in news coverage. For those who back the church, it ran an outrageously biased account that eventually led to a libel suit by the church — later dismissed — and prompted Scientology ... [Read the rest at dir.salon.com]